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Rumex acetosa

Garden Sorrel

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139185

Element CodePDPGN0P010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPolygonales

FamilyPolygonaceae

GenusRumex

Other Common Names

garden sorrel (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Flora of North America's (2005) Rumex lapponicus includes Kartesz's (1999) R. acetosa ssp. alpestris, R, acetosa ssp. arifolius, and R. acetosa ssp. lapponicus. R. acetosa ssp. thyrsiflorus (= R. thyrsiflorus) and R. acetosa ssp. pseudoxyria (= R. pseudoxyria) are elevated to full species.

Conservation Status

Review Date2000-06-28

Change Date2000-06-28

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Maine	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
New York	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Vermont	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Montana	SU	Yes
New Jersey	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNA	No

CanadaNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Alberta	SNR	Yes
Quebec	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNR	Yes
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNR	Yes
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cloud Peak Contiguous	Bighorn National Forest	113,757

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.